δάκνω
Ancient Greek
Etymology
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From Proto-Indo-European *denḱ- (“to bite”). Cognate with Sanskrit दशति (daśati, “to bite”), Old English ġetingan (“to press upon”), and Albanian darë.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /dá.knɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈda.kno/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈða.kno/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈða.kno/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈða.kno/
Verb
δάκνω • (dáknō)
- to bite
Conjugation
Present: δᾰ́κνω, δᾰ́κνομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔδᾰκνον | ἔδᾰκνες | ἔδᾰκνε(ν) | ἐδᾰ́κνετον | ἐδᾰκνέτην | ἐδᾰ́κνομεν | ἐδᾰ́κνετε | ἔδᾰκνον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐδᾰκνόμην | ἐδᾰ́κνου | ἐδᾰ́κνετο | ἐδᾰ́κνεσθον | ἐδᾰκνέσθην | ἐδᾰκνόμεθᾰ | ἐδᾰ́κνεσθε | ἐδᾰ́κνοντο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Future: δήξομαι, δηχθήσομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle | indicative | δήξομαι | δήξῃ, δήξει |
δήξεται | δήξεσθον | δήξεσθον | δηξόμεθᾰ | δήξεσθε | δήξονται | ||||
optative | δηξοίμην | δήξοιο | δήξοιτο | δήξοισθον | δηξοίσθην | δηξοίμεθᾰ | δήξοισθε | δήξοιντο | |||||
passive | indicative | δηχθήσομαι | δηχθήσῃ | δηχθήσεται | δηχθήσεσθον | δηχθήσεσθον | δηχθησόμεθᾰ | δηχθήσεσθε | δηχθήσονται | ||||
optative | δηχθησοίμην | δηχθήσοιο | δηχθήσοιτο | δηχθήσοισθον | δηχθησοίσθην | δηχθησοίμεθᾰ | δηχθήσοισθε | δηχθήσοιντο | |||||
middle | passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | δήξεσθαι | δηχθήσεσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | δηξόμενος | δηχθησόμενος | ||||||||||
f | δηξομένη | δηχθησομένη | |||||||||||
n | δηξόμενον | δηχθησόμενον | |||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Perfect: δέδηγμαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | δέδηγμαι | δέδηξαι | δέδηκται | δέδηχθον | δέδηχθον | δεδήγμεθᾰ | δέδηχθε | δεδήκᾰται | ||||
subjunctive | δεδηγμένος ὦ | δεδηγμένος ᾖς | δεδηγμένος ᾖ | δεδηγμένω ἦτον | δεδηγμένω ἦτον | δεδηγμένοι ὦμεν | δεδηγμένοι ἦτε | δεδηγμένοι ὦσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | δεδηγμένος εἴην | δεδηγμένος εἴης | δεδηγμένος εἴη | δεδηγμένω εἴητον/εἶτον | δεδηγμένω εἰήτην/εἴτην | δεδηγμένοι εἴημεν/εἶμεν | δεδηγμένοι εἴητε/εἶτε | δεδηγμένοι εἴησᾰν/εἶεν | |||||
imperative | δέδηξο | δεδήχθω | δέδηχθον | δεδήχθων | δέδηχθε | δεδήχθων | |||||||
middle/passive | |||||||||||||
infinitive | δεδῆχθαι | ||||||||||||
participle | m | δεδηγμένος | |||||||||||
f | δεδηγμένη | ||||||||||||
n | δεδηγμένον | ||||||||||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐδεδήγμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐδεδήγμην | ἐδέδηξο | ἐδέδηκτο | ἐδέδηχθον | ἐδεδήχθην | ἐδεδήγμεθᾰ | ἐδέδηχθε | ἐδεδήκᾰτο | ||||
Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Related terms
- δαγκάνω (dankánō)
- δάκος (dákos)
- δῆγμα (dêgma)
- δήκω (dḗkō)
- δῆξις (dêxis)
- λαιμοδακής (laimodakḗs)
- ὀδάξ (odáx)
- σαρκοδακής (sarkodakḗs)
Further reading
- “δάκνω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press